Handle With Care

Handle With Care by Jodi Picoult took me approx. one week to read. It's about a girl with osteogenesis imperfecta, or brittle bones disease, called Willow and her family. The entire book is written as if it's for Willow to read, with different character's being in first person. Mostly, it deals with Willow's mom Charlotte suing her best friend Piper (who was her OB) because Willow's disease could have been diagnosed in utero, and given Charlotte the opportunity to terminate the pregnancy.

The book was ok. I mean, it wasn't bad, but I didn't really like it either. I guess the concept got a bit old after a while, and the only parts I really enjoyed reading where those of Willow's sister, Amelia, and sometimes those of the lawyer, Marin. I really like Jodi Picoult as an author, but out of the six of her novels I've read, I think I rank this the lowest. But some of the others (like My Sister's Keeper) are among my favourite books, meaning that Handle With Care still gets a decent grade. Maybe a 3 out of 5. (5 or 6 out of 10) 


I do recomend that you give it a read though. It's good to learn about things like OI, and other issues that are discussed in this book. I think you should always try to broaden your horizon and try to be more understanding, even though I barely try to do that myself.